The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on Monday called on Japan to “reduce producer support to agriculture” and boost the number of women in the nation’s labor force. In its “Going for Growth” report for 2015, the OECD said public support accounts for ...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe faces strong resistance to a promised economic and political overhaul despite a weekend election victory that gives him up to four more years in power. In Sunday’s snap election, the conservative Liberal Democrat Party, which has ruled for most of ...

The International Monetary Fund has underscored the need for Japan to promote structural reforms quickly in light of its worst gross domestic product contraction in 13 quarters. “With the near-term outlook looking increasingly uncertain, the government needs to move quickly on the third arrow ...